For Sale: 1973 Dodge Challenger in Morgantown, Pennsylvania

1973 Dodge Challenger Rallye Hardtop

"Here's a personal sports compact that lets you go your own way. Its looks alone are enough to tell you Challenger isn't for everyone. But if you're that rare driver who really appreciates a firm handling, responsive sports car, get behind the wheel of a '73 Challenger. Settle into Challenger's bucket seats and get the job done with Challenger's three on the floor stick shift. Or get a lot more mean looking with the Challenger Rallye Package, including a Rallye instrument cluster, fender scoops, and the black out painted grille. 73 Challenger and Challenger Rallye - two ways to assert your personality." 1973 sales brochure.

For consignment, a 1973 Dodge Challenger Rallye hardtop showing 18,215 miles, but the true miles are unknown. The car currently has a 3-speed automatic but included with the sale is the original, numbers matching 4-speed manual transmission and the parts needed to return it to a stick.

Exterior
It's hard to know where to start on this fantastic design, but the front seems like the logical place. Here quad headlights flank a central, trimmed grille, underscored by a straight chrome bumper. Twin scoops on the hood present as one of the great muscle designs of the century, fronting a power bulge tall enough to wear badging, "340 Four Barrel" in this case, emerging from the two state Rally Red paint. Out back, it screams muscle car with quad tail lights in a black panel in the shadow of an added spoiler and quad, square exhaust tips that are accommodated by contours in the valance. 14-inch Mopar Road wheels look the part also and the black of the tires is complemented by the epic Rallye strobe stripes emitted from the equally epic fender vents. Imperfections include various chips, cracks in the paint, blistering, bubbling and peeling in lower areas and around wheel openings, various scratches, ding on front fender, evidence of filler and damage to it on a front fender and more in the door jambs, uneven wear on the front tires with belts exposed.

Interior
Black formed plastic door panels present cleanly here with woodgrain inserts that add a touch of 70's luxury to the muscle car vibe. High integrated headrests top the front buckets with stitched and textured inserts, torn is a few places on the driver's side but the shotgun seat remains nice. Out back, one side also suffers some tears while the other is intact. Two sport spokes connect the black rim to the center leading to the woodgrain faced instrument cluster holding the three gauges and a clock with the tachometer in line with the steering column. Under that cluster is an AM/FM/CD player from the modern era and a clean dash pad resides in the passenger's viewshed. In the driver focused center console is the legendary pistol grip shifter in wood, based in a woodgrain panel over black textured plastic, all in nice shape. Black loop carpet covers the floor where three pedals still reside, a black headliner is above with a touch of looseness and a tear, and the trunk holds a vinyl mat over a rough textured floor painted black in the center.

Drivetrain
Red and black dominate the engine bay where we find the 340ci V8 and under the Mopar performance air filter is a Holley 4-barrel carburetor. It's mated to an A904 3-speed automatic transmission routing power to the 8 3/4 " rear axle. Headers are on board.

Undercarriage
Generally clean driver quality conditions are found underneath with rust noted on the inner rocker panels and some oil trailing from the pinion seal. Dual exhaust connects at a cross pipe then continues from the headers through FlowMaster mufflers. Power disc brakes are supplied up front with power drums in back and suspension consists of torsion bars ahead and leaf springs behind.

Drive-Ability
The engine runs and sounds good as we roll the Rallye onto the test loop where it provides good power, but tracking is compromised by a front end that needs work, as evidenced by the aforementioned tire wear. The high beams are not working but all other functions work as intended. While Classic Auto Mall represents that these functions were working at the time of our test drive, we cannot guarantee these functions will be working at the time of your purchase.

Rallye Red paint, a pistol grip shifter, and arguably one of the great pony car designs of all time. A design so good, the modern versions of Challengers borrowed a good bit of it and still appeal to the masses. Here's a vintage version you can own and drive!

JH23H3B519278

J-Dodge Challenger
H-High Price Class
23-2 Door Hardtop
H-340ci 4bbl 240hp V8
3-1973
B-Hamtramck, MI Assy Plant
519278-Sequential Unit Number

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